Linggawangi

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Edition

⟨1⟩ (//) ba 3 guna 3 Apuy· 3

⟨2⟩ di ¡vva! 1, Iti sakakala rumata-

⟨3⟩ ¡disusuku! baṭāri hyaṁ pun·

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (//) ba HD// baḥ H; ṭraba SDInstead of an opening punctuation sign, it may be possible to read A, in which case the first word would be Aba. Noorduyn (1993, p. 313) notes that ba means 3 in one or more chronograms of the Pararaton. Zoetmulder (1982, s.v. wārecords the word ba as a synonym of : “II 1. live coal, piece of burning material which is aglow”, and “2. = ava bright, clear, shining”.⟨1⟩ guna 3 HDgunṇa SD.

⟨1-2⟩ 3 ⟨2⟩ di ¡vva!⟨vvaṁ⟩ HDnaṣṭa SD.

⟨2⟩ 1, Iti HDgomati.

⟨3⟩ rumata⟨3⟩HDnumatak SD. — ⟨3⟩ ¡disusuku!⟨disusuk ku⟩For the same phenomenon of consonant degemination, cf. manuscript Perpusnas L 426B, no. 13: hya ¡pəpəku!⟨pəpək ku⟩ pənuḥ kita maṁkeNow you are filled by fullness”.

Translation

Glowing 3 qualities 3 fires 3 in a human 1: that was the [year in the] Śaka era that Rumatak was marked off by Bhaṭārī Hyaṅ. Finished.

Bibliography

The inscription was first edited by Holle (1877, pp. 586–587, in Javanese script); it was edited again by Saleh Danasasmita (1975) and by Hasan Djafar (1991, pp. 16–18). Re-edited and translated here by Aditia Gunawan & Arlo Griffiths, based on the OD photo.

Primary

[H] Holle, Karel Frederik. 1877. “Beschreven steen uit de afdeeling Tasikmalaja, residentie Preanger.” TBG 24, pp. 586–587.

[HD] Hasan Djafar. 1991. “Prasasti-prasasti dari masa kerajaan-kerajaan Sunda.” Bogor.

[SD] Saleh Danasasmita. 1975. Masalah transkripsi prasasti Batutulis (Bogor) dan tradisi megalitiknya. Seri monografi Lembaga Kebudayaan Universitas Pajajaran 8. Bandung: Lembaga Kebudayaan Universitas Pajajaran.

Secondary

No name. 1912–1949. Oudheidkundig verslag. No place: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. Page 84.

Verbeek, Rogier Diederik Marius. 1891. Oudheden van Java: Lijst der voornaamste overblijfselen uit den Hindoetijd op Java, met eene oudheidkundige kaart. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 46. Batavia; 's-Hage: Landsdrukkerij; Nijhoff. [URL]. Pages 52–53.